Mia ate malt-o-meal cereal and two servings of raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef with spaghetti sauce, ate whole wheat elbows, and mixed fruit.

Mia did her usual packing the food toys around and it's the same toys; a plate and cup or a plate and a spoon.  I think it's cute how they'll frequently find something they like, stick with that for awhile, and then on to something different.

I don't know if I mentioned it, but she's been pooping everyday and sometimes twice.  Everyone's poop (including Mia) was very dark today from all the blueberries from yesterday!  :)   (Where else can you journal about poop?)

Joslyn was following her around and Mia was getting excited.  Then she'd stop to look back and see if Joslyn was still there.

Mia was headed toward Joslyn and Joslyn immediately wrapped both arms around her toys and started yelling, "My stuff, my stuff, ...!"  Which made me laugh.  I guess she's had experience with Mia before.  Mia just looked at her with a puzzled expression as if to say, "And what's your problem?"  :)  Mia is so quick that she can grab it and go before they realize she's even there and she knows they will yell at her.  I was watching her this morning and she was looking to see if Emily was watching and then she grabbed Emily's bucket.

She also played in the legos drawer again.  There are always lots of legos in there.  Well at least there is before Mia arrives on the scene.  :)  She likes to empty the drawer.  She was slinging them out and one went straight up a few inches and came straight back down into the drawer.  She looked at it like "Where'd that come from!?!"

Mia ate raisin english muffin and blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken and crackers, steamed broccoli, and canned cherries.

Here's a picture of Mia truckin' down the hall.  It seems like just a few days ago I posted a picture of her crawling down the hall and now she's walking!  I love how she's swinging her arm in this picture.  And she looks totally focused on what she's doing.

She was packing those same food toys all over this morning before breakfast again.  She likes to sit on the table and play with them.  When you read the same thing here from previous days it's safe to assume that's a favorite activity.  :)

Peyton and Aaron were having fun following Mia and Riley around and doing the same things they were.  Like slapping the window, crawling in the igloo, crawling on the mattress, etc.  They think it's funny to mimic the babies.

Several of the 'big' kids were singing "Ring around the Rosie..." and they were spinning with some stuffed animals.  Mia crawled over and was right in the middle of the fun.  :)

Mia ate biscuit and 2nd's on peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate baked beans, most of dinner roll, ate corn, and pineapple.

I thought this was a cute picture of Mia sitting on the table.  The plate and spoon she's holding (and a cup that she'd just dropped) is what she played with from when she arrived until breakfast.  She packed them every where she went.  (I think she looks big in this picture.)

Yesterday I mentioned I had to call her like a little puppy to coax her up and down the hallway during transition times.  Well today she was chewing on my crocs.  :)  Silly puppy.

Hasn't she been more affectionate lately?  It's so fun and precious.  I was snuggling her for a minute and talking sweet things in her ear and she was just cooing and talking back and snuggling against my chest.

She was fussing about something, but I didn't quite catch what had happened.  Peyton went over and gave her the sweetest love....  I think Peyton may have been the cause of her problems, but I wasn't sure.  Sometimes they give loves out of compassion and sometimes out of guilt.  :)    (Those are not cynical words, but years of experience.)

Mia had bites of breakfast: waffle and hash browns.  For lunch she ate bites of shrimp, brown rice, bites of red & yellow peppers, and ate oranges.

I've included a picture here of Mia playing in a favorite spot in the back room; the legos drawer.  It's on casters so it rolls right under the legos table which helps her get into some pretty hilarious and sticky situations.  :)  "Hey, why is this thing moving?!?"  But she always goes back for more.

I included a picture a few days ago of Mia crawling to the back room.  Now she's starting to walk down the hall for lunch, etc..  I have to coax her along because she gets distracted every few feet looking at something different.  It always sounds like I'm calling my puppy; "come on Mia, come on.." We play in two back rooms and we'll switch rooms about half way through our time back there.  She has that transition down pat; she just goes trucking right into the other room with everyone else.

Speaking of crawling and walking; her walking skills are progressing rapidly.  Her balance is getting better daily and she's really taking off now.  I love this stage of development.

I had to step out of the back room for a minute and when I went back in she'd got up into the rocking chair I was sitting in.  She was all spread out with her arms and legs as if to say, "This is my chair now and you can't have it!"  :)  It was pretty cute.

Mia ate cheerios and banana for breakfast.  For lunch she ate toasted cheese sandwich, most of lettuce salad, and ate apple pieces.

Mia and Nora were pretty cute when they saw each other this morning.  They were squealing and reaching for each other.  Thomas was also happy to see them, but they weren't too thrilled after the first several hugs.  :)

Mia was playing on top of the little table again.  Last week she was pretty careful about her 'dismounts' and was going off feet-first.  Three times this morning I saw her go off head-first.  Yikes!!  Mia, this is not safe!!  :)

She had been watching Thomas push the little airplanes around on the floor and then she started doing the same thing.  It was very cute.

She just can't quite figure out why no one wants her to be grabbing their toys.  "You're making it look like so much fun; why can't I grab them!?!"  :)  We have duplicates (and more) of every one of our toys, but it doesn't look as fun when it's just sitting there!

Mia ate toast with jelly and dried mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she had beef & bean burrito, sweet potatoes, and tropical fruit.

Yesterday I had a picture of Peyton holding the microphone up to Mia's mouth.  Today Mia got one of the microphones and was holding it up to her mouth by herself and jabbering into it.

Here are a couple pictures from this morning.  In the first picture Mia climbed right up the three steps and played where the kids like to jump from.  Everyone is good to just play around the babies.  They have to do that all the time so it's a common activity.  :)  The bigger child in the picture (you can't see his head) is Joslyn's brother Colt.  He is here all day today.

The bottom picture is another picture of Mia reading from a book.  I like how she is pointing at the picture.  This is one activity that she will sit and do for awhile.

Thomas was playing with Mia and was getting in her 'space' too much so she'd push him away.  Then he'd take her hand and touch his arm and say, "nice nice...."  He didn't get the concept that he was in her space and that was why she was pushing him away.  He was trying to teach her to be "nice."  :)

Mia ate cinnamon roll and dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she had two tastes of scrambled eggs and they both came back out.  :)  She ate waffle, hash browns, and cantaloupe.

Mia was on top of the table several times this morning and here's a picture of Peyton holding the microphone for Mia.  Personally, I don't think she needs a microphone; she's plenty loud!  :)  Then Peyton got some food toys and was 'feeding' Mia.  They played at the table for several minutes.

Lauralea and I get a kick out of how she likes to lay on her back.  Have you noticed her doing that?  She frequently does it especially when we're outside.  She was doing it again yesterday afternoon laying in the yard looking up.  (and again this morning)

Thomas and Riley were wrestling around with the big bear on the mattress.  Mia saw that and immediately headed over there to get in the middle of it all.  Then she was just kind of lounging, laying back against the bear.  By the time I got the camera she was long gone.  :)

She was crawling in the igloo with Nora.  That's the first time I've seen those two play in there.  I wasn't quick enough with the camera again.  Boy with Mia you get one quick chance for a picture and it's on to something bigger and better.  She and Nora were also playing side-by-side in the back room.  Mia was dumping toys out of the bucket faster than Nora could fill it.  :)